Quotes About Human nature

Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.

Man is worse than an animal when he is an animal.

Men are always wicked at bottom unless they are made good by some compulsion.

We are oftener treacherous through weakness than through calculation.

There is no study of human nature more interesting than the aspects of the same subject seen in the points of view of different characters. One might almost imagine that there were no such thing as absolute truth, since a change of situation or temperament is capable of changing the whole force of an argument.

Možda je u po?etku bilo i drugih motiva, ali danas je glavni strah. Od straha su ljudi zli, surovi i podli, od straha su darežljivi, ?ak i dobri.

Od straha su ljudi zli i surovi i podli, od straha su darežljivi, ?ak i dobri. Sve se niži višega boji. A onaj koji nema nikog da se boji taj preza pred strahom kog mu ra?a njegova bolesna mašta, jer strah je kao zaraza koja ispunjava sve mozgove. Kad bih mogao zaviriti u nutrinu ovom ?ovjeku kom je odre?eno da me mu?i, mislim da bih našao malu, bijednu dušu, izmu?enu obzirima i strahom pred propustima i ukorima. Žao mi ga je i ta me samilost boli.

Ambicije i tu truju ljudima zivote i medjusobne odnose, mrznje tinjaju godinama,velike ljubavi nicu neocekivano i gase se sporo i zalosno.Ukratko, tu ima pomalo od svega sto inace medju ljudima biva i sto ih povezuje ili deli, podize ili satire.

Ne treba se bojati ljudi. - Pa ja se i ne bojim ljudi, nego onog što je neljudsko u njma." ? Ivo Andri?

Na ovoj zemlji ne može biti dobrote bez mržnje ni veli?ine bez zavisti, kao što nema ni najmanjeg predmeta bez senke.

ja nalazim da je u pasjem zavijanju daleko manje zlo?e i okorelosti srca nego u pevanju ovih ljudi kad su pijani ili prosto poneseni svojim besom.

Toliko je živa kod slabog ?ovjeka potreba da se vara i tako neograni?ena mogu?nost da bude prevaren.

Vocês são todos uma e a mesma espécie, têm os mesmos objectivos, os mesmos sonhos, os mesmos medos... Comem a mesma comida, dormem o mesmo sono... Por isso vão contra a vossa natureza quando se dividem para tornar mais fácil matarem-se uns aos outros. Países, bairros, credos, nomes, partidos, clube. Vocês matam-se uns aos outros por um par de ténis.

Seeking happiness is as much a part of being human as having a soul.

Get out of the lab occasionally, Stiles. Why? There are people out there. Nothing fucks things up faster than people.

Do you wonder, ever, what makes a person capable of taking a life when there's no threat to his own or another? What makes them end life, and so often, so very often, with real cruelty, even with pleasure.

now he knew why God didn't give people superpowers. Humans were dangerous enough as it was. . .

The only time they appear human is when you have a knife at their throats. The instant you remove it, they fall back into animality. Obscenity.

Offer them what they secretly want and they of course immediately become panic-stricken.

Some's bastards, some's ain't. That's the score.

Mankind is like dogs, not gods - as long as you don't get mad they'll bite you - but stay mad and you'll never be bitten. Dogs don't respect humility and sorrow.

People were complex creatures, walking, talking rag quilts, youthful dreams and hopes and fears and middle-aged indiscretions, aging aches and pains and losses, the whole damn kit and kaboodle, mended here and tattered there. People were pushed and pulled in all sorts of directions and did whatever it was they had to do for balance.

Wolf - tis what he is. He's not blackhearted like some men. 'Tis no heart he has at all.

Humanity's always been weird at heart. Look at how societies form, rituals, practices, even rock n' roll. Humanity really is dark and twisted.